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Cambridge figures refute bias Claims by heads of leading independent schools that their pupils are being discriminated against when they apply to Cambridge were refuted by statistics published by the...
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Campaign to stop monkey business Animal welfare campaigners today called for an urgent clampdown on the import of primates. The RSPCA said the move was necessary to end the suffering endured by more...
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MoD steps up war against terror Britain must be prepared to take the war against terrorism to countries that "support, nurture, protect and direct" terrorist organisations, defence secretary Geoff...
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Museum rising star ditches gadgetry The rising star of the museum world is turning his back on interactive displays and the creeping Millennium Dome culture of "blooming knobs and buttons". Simon...
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Neighbourhood renewal cash unveiled A £21.8 million programme to help people transform deprived neighbourhoods was unveiled by the the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions today...
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British pupils top world class An international study has put the UK's 15-year-olds near the top of the world league table for maths, reading literacy and science results for the first time, but...
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Early Career Project Grants
Deadline: 31/01/2002
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The Phoenix Fund
Deadline: 25/02/2002
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Parenting Research Initiative
Deadline: 04/01/2002
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Travel Fellowships
Deadline: 28/02/2002
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Young Investigators Awards
Deadline: 30/03/2002
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Think-tank attacks 'regressive' funding policies Students should pay higher tuition fees and interest on their loans, according to the country’s leading Blairite think-tank. The Institute for Public...
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From today's UK papers
Doctor who warned on MMR forced out Andrew Wakefield, the specialist who first raised concerns about links between the MMR vaccine and bowel disease and autism, has been forced out of his job at the...
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Not past his sell-by date
Recently retired academic Roy Porter tells Christopher Wood why we - and his bank manager - can look forward to more books. When writing about the historian Roy Porter, the convention is to refer to...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
The textbook that changed my life is older than I am. In one way or another, it has always been with me. It follows me around. More to the point, I suppose, I follow it. In fact I inherited it - it...